{"product_id":"1-peter-living-hope-for-suffering-sojourners-bible-study-guide-den-hollander","title":"1 Peter - Living Hope for Suffering Sojourners Book (Den Hollander)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe apostle Peter, inspired by the Spirit, wrote his first letter to Christians scattered throughout modern-day Turkey who were experiencing hardships for the sake of Christ. They lived in a world full of gods and when they confessed Christ as Lord it meant stepping outside of their culture. As God's chosen people, they were living in a world that was not (yet) their home. ­ That's why Peter called them \"exiles\" and \"sojourners\" (1:2, 2:11). But he also encouraged them with the reality that, although the experience of exile was difficult, they had been born again \"to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\" (1:4). He directed their hearts to the \"eternal glory in Christ\" (5:10) to which they had been called.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe live in an increasingly post-Christian, secular age that looks ever more like the first-century world, and so we also feel ever more like the exiles we've always been. ­ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThese expositions of First Peter, therefore, seek to encourage twenty-first-century Christians with the same good news: although we are sojourners called to suffer for the sake of Christ, the resurrection of Christ has secured our glorious future so that we can be characterized by a living hope while we wait for \"the revelation of Jesus Christ\" (1:7).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Providence","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623447920935,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0961\/0471\/0439\/files\/IMG_E1675.jpg?v=1783717355","url":"https:\/\/providencebookspress.com\/products\/1-peter-living-hope-for-suffering-sojourners-bible-study-guide-den-hollander","provider":"Providence","version":"1.0","type":"link"}